Watch out West Coast waistlines! New York's Cronut comes to Hollywood - just in time for the Oscars

It's the sugary baked hybrid, and unlikely celebrity-food-fad, which spurned a culinary revolution last year in New York - and now its coming to Hollywood, for one day only.

Barney's New York is flying world famous pastry chef, 34-year-old Dominique Ansel, and his iconic Cronut into LA this Saturday, on the morning of the 86th Academy Awards.

Stars hoping to slip easily into their tight gowns the same evening may want to give this particular event a skip.

Get them while they're hot! New York's famous Cronut will appear in LA this Saturday, for a very limited time only, at a pop-up hosted by Barney's at The Grove

'It’s such a fun and lively time to
be in Los Angeles, and we felt this is just another way to celebrate the
weekend,' Barneys COO Daniella Vitale told Fashionista, describing the Cronut as 'a rare, exclusive and beautifully crafted product.'

The Cronut pop-up will be hosted at Barney's recently renovated location at The Grove, between 10am and 2pm, or until they run out.

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And there is little doubt they will, given the overwhelming demand the Cronut has enjoyed in the past.

Last August, supermodel Heidi Klum was
so desperate to try the elusive baked hybrid that she had a box of them flown all the way from New York to LA on a private jet.

'I
have literally waited weeks to try one of @DominiqueAnsel's Cronuts and
it was definitely worth the wait! [sic]' the 40-year-old supermodel tweeted.

Now that's dedication: Heidi Klum first got a taste of the croissant-donut hybrid in August, when she famously flew a box from New York to her home in LA on a private jet

The Cronut, which TIME later hailed as one of the best inventions of 2013, first appeared at Chef Ansel's New York bakery last May and quickly became a cultural phenomenon, with customers lining up from 4am outside his store just to be first to take a bite.

The concept took him almost two months
to perfect, trying about ten recipes before he came up with the ‘unique
and special’ dough, one that could be deep fried quickly without the
layers collapsing or absorbing too much oil.

Mr Ansel, who has been dubbed the 'Willy Wonka of New York' modestly feels that part of the success is the catchy name.

He told MailOnline: ‘Everybody knows what a croissant is. Everybody knows what a doughnut is.' he said, So they can imagine it in their head before they even try it.’

Not long after it launched, the Cronut had won itself a
league of celebrity followers. Last November, stars including Heidi
Klum, Joan Rivers and Sandra Lee designed a range of one-of-a-kind
Cronut boxes, as part of the charity Cronut Mission for $100 a pop.

When the Cronut launched in New York last May, customers lined up from 4am outside Chef Ansel's bakery (pictured) to get their fix

And during last October's New York Fashion Week, Victoria Beckham posted what she thought was a box of Cronuts on Twitter, sharing:

'Breakfast! Cronuts x vb.' Only to be informed by Ansel himself, also via Twitter, that her Cronuts were in fact Fauxnuts, not the real deal.

Since then, the craze has set off a
whole host of imitations and alterations. Last August, Canadian pastry
shop Le Dolci teamed up with Epic Burgers and Waffle to create a new
concoction: the Maple Bacon Jam Cronut Burger.

And this January, Brooklyn bakery The Bagel Store came up with the 'Cragel,' a wildly popular Croissant-cum-Bagel.

But there will only ever be one Cronut™, a treat its West Coast fans can finally enjoy at home, if only for one day.